tech-coding-math

[twin badger]

tough

Like... 500-600, in USD

[uneven heron]

I've seen some MSI gaming laptops for around £280

[twin badger]

Specs?

[vagrant crown]

You could get a Marilyn for that money

[uneven heron]

Id have to find them again

[vagrant crown]

980m

[uneven heron]

MSI GF63 Thin 15.6 Gaming Laptop COREI5-11400H, RTX 3050, 512GB SSD

[twin badger]

Thats not bad

[uneven heron]

Orly?

[twin badger]

RAM size?

[uneven heron]

The MSI GF63 Thin 15.6 Gaming Laptop features a powerful COREI5-11400H processor, RTX 3050 GPU, and 512GB SSD, making it ideal for gaming enthusiasts. With a sleek black design and a 1920 x 1080 resolution, this notebook offers a high-performance gaming experience. Additionally, it comes with 8GB of RAM, Windows 11 Home, and Bluetooth connectivity for a seamless gaming setup. The MSI GF63 is part of the GF63 series, known for its slim design and impressive gaming capabilities.
bought in 2023 used sparingly, works great

[vagrant crown]

8Gb 👀

[thin turtle]

Barely runs windows

[twin badger]

That is just the product description...

[uneven heron]

Is that bad? The bidding starts at £280 but the buy it now option is like £520

[vagrant crown]

What are these impressive gaming capabilities it speaks of

[twin badger]

Oh its an auction?

[uneven heron]

I guess that's how eBay works

[twin badger]

Just the usual marketing mumbo jumbo

[twin badger]

Then you are likely gonna be over the budget

[uneven heron]

I don't care about flash I just want a decent GPU in a laptop

[vagrant crown]

Get yourself a 10yr old dominator pro, runs gta like a dream

[twin badger]

I already told you what to get

For that price you don't have a lot of options

[civic cloud]

@snow roverim back again with another audio question: with the new desk position in the corner i get a mean peak at about 125-135Hz which is about a 2.54-2.73m wavelength...aka ceiling height

theres no peak when im standing or sitting on the floor, but there is right on chair height

what do

didnt have this problem before when the desk was standing 1.6m further left

[uneven heron]

I just believe in the logic that if you buy cheap you buy twice. Forget the budget, what's the cheapest semi decent gaming laptop you recommend?

I'll do the legwork

[snow rover]

well the simple answer is corners bad

the complex answer needs some simulation which it's too late for now

[civic cloud]

well shit

[snow rover]

ideally put your speakers in the middle of the room

though i recognize that's usually not practical

[civic cloud]

its a 1 room studio apartment, i dont exactly have a lot of space

guess ill have to live with it

[snow rover]

equalizer apo
pull down 130hz by 10db
boom

[twin badger]

Idk, but this guy usually has solid laptop reviews https://www.youtube.com/@JarrodsTech

[civic cloud]

do i have to restart my pc for the changes to the speaker to apply

[snow rover]

no

[civic cloud]

well it didnt change shite

[snow rover]

if you turn the -6db preamp on or off, the difference should be immediately obvious

[civic cloud]

nope not doing anything

ill go to bed and think about this tomorrow again

[snow rover]

is that the right output

[civic cloud]

yes

just noticed it has a typo lol

[jovial tide]

How does one use this? I've never played with an EQ before and know nothing about that kinda stuff :(

[brave field]

find the frequencies you want to increase or decrease, and touch them up a tiny bit

if it has a preview or monitoring option, you can use it to see what ranges the sounds you listen to play in

[civic cloud]

literally just downloaded it lol

but what cookie says describes it pretty well

[rapid lake]

Is it equalizer apo

[civic cloud]

Yes

[rapid lake]

I downloaded it for two seconds, found it too unintuitive and confusing, deleted immediately

And the layout looks like it's from 1999

[civic cloud]

All good software looks like that

You know it's made by people who care about features and not UI

[rapid lake]

Good UI is essential

Good software has good ui

If the program has good features that isn't an excuse to have shitty UI

But I guess this is one of those things you configure once and never touch ever again

[nova steppe]

It does have a good ui

Just not a modern looking one

[civic cloud]

yis

[quaint helm]

yeast 🍞

[civic cloud]

take a shower bro

[quaint helm]

wym

its afternoon and i showered already not like u stinky boi

[civic cloud]

am not stinky

u r

[lost fossil]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/904101912201277452/1417490814971674634/ezgif-41165ad119d44e.gif

[rapid lake]

get with the times smh

[quaint helm]

🎵 stinky little fattie , you need to shower , smelling a poopie , it so smelly 🎵

[civic arch]

can anyone explain tan cos sin and give like a practical example on how they are used

[snow gazelle]

I'm 1/cos C 😎

[thin turtle]

Secant C

[thin turtle]

These are ratios of the right angle triangle sides

Used to determine distance for example

Or in complex numbers plane. The relationship between the real and imaginary numbers can be drawn as a right angle triangle

Then idk what you do with it

[jovial tide]

Anyone have a browser of choice? I've been using Firefox for god knows how long, but I'm interested to know of any potentially better and or faster options

[twin badger]

I use Brave, i like it and it just works.

"b-b-b-but it's c-c-chromium!!!111"

Could give less fuck. It blocks all the ads, that's all i need from it.

[civic cloud]

I switched from chrome to Firefox cuz Firefox doesn't fuck with your adblocker...but I occasionally have to use chrome on phone because some pages work poorly with Firefox, but that's rare

[jovial tide]

Fair enough

[jovial tide]

I mean, I don't exactly mind if I had to use it. 90% of browsers use Chromium. As long as it's not an invasive browser

[quaint helm]

~~i use edge bcus of free rewards ~~

[civic cloud]

weird

[cold elbow]

The greatest technician that ever lived

[civic arch]

what can i do with the ratio

one of the tasks is just tan 10°

what does the resulting number mean

what can i determine from that

[cold elbow]

Same and pages thinks im an alien sometimes just for using firefox

They send me into a capcha loop

[quaint helm]

dam am4 aint dying , 5600f new cpu

[cold elbow]

I thought that one already existed

[tidal plume]

Kinda unnecessary if you ask me

[thin turtle]

Nothing

The context gives it a meaning

[quaint helm]

the first F series in cezanne/vermeer lineup lol

[civic cloud]

I never had that

[civic arch]

when i get home i can post the thing

[quaint helm]

lisa took budget to another level of budget

[civic arch]

i tried ro found a good video explaining all ofnit

[thin turtle]

Are you just taking trigonometrics?

[civic arch]

trigonometrics and the usage of tan cos sin

[quaint helm]

just watch the organic chemistry for math

[thin turtle]

Math doesn't always make sense tbh

[civic arch]

also exponent where theres x and shit idk what they called

[thin turtle]

But when you become an engineer you'll understand some of it

[civic arch]

they are pretty simple if you remember you can always manipulate both sides

[thin turtle]

Engineers are nerds

[civic cloud]

just imagine this for every triangle, sin is the vertical line, cos is the horizontal line, ez pz

[thin turtle]

Unit circle

[civic arch]

i need to think about this abit until it clicks

[quaint helm]

bcus u real hooman homie

[civic arch]

im pretty bad at math even if i do find it interesting

[thin turtle]

Euler number

[civic arch]

basics i tried to learn so its easier to get more complex stuff

[civic cloud]

Bruh

[thin turtle]

Lmao

[civic cloud]

In what grade are you

[thin turtle]

Idk what the e mean

euler

Right

[civic cloud]

It's always Euler or Newton or Gauss

Dudes has no life

[thin turtle]

Omg gauss moment

[quaint helm]

gauss!!! ~~math ❎ meth ✅ ~~

[civic cloud]

:3

We cookin

[cold elbow]

Cooking what

[civic cloud]

meat for my kebab

[thin turtle]

Von mises

The final boss of mechanics

[civic cloud]

what

send pics

[thin turtle]

What are you engineer of again

What a fraud

You sound like a process engineer

Glorified business major

[civic cloud]

Bitchboi you didn't even know Lagrange a few weeks ago

Don't talk to me

[thin turtle]

I know it now

[civic cloud]

Yes after I have explained it you

[thin turtle]

Nah

[civic cloud]

But now you're being a bitch instead of explaining whatever you mean

so toxic

[civic arch]

idk its called vocational school probably learning to make pcbs and fix shit

and like that

[thin turtle]

Ok ok

[civic cloud]

so you're like...17?

[civic arch]

nahhh

i went to welding school and other shit before this

so im kinda late

[thin turtle]

Von Mises created a way to calculate the effective stress in combind load situation

Aka Von Mises stress

[civic arch]

i aint the oldest guy here even

in eu i think its bit different

[thin turtle]

So instead of calculating each stress component effect on a member

You use the von mises stress

[cold elbow]

Or

Quit

[civic cloud]

Never heard about that, there was probably some German dude who also did that so we learn about him instead

lol it's just called replacement stress

[thin turtle]

[thin turtle]

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-core-ultra-3-205-delivers-impressive-results-in-early-review-reportedly-surpasses-previous-gen-core-i3-14100-and-core-i5-14400

My next cpu

65W

Where the hell is the thread count

4x2 + 4?

[quaint helm]

Yes

[thin turtle]

[quaint helm]

1P = 2 thread , 1E = 1 thread

[thin turtle]

Worth the extra $400

[quaint helm]

No am5?

[civic cloud]

@snow rover getting the Y Splitter did improve the situation

Equalizer Apo on the other hand didn't work in the normal config in win11, changed it to the experimental version but that completely fucked up the sound

the difference between using the sub and not using the sub is suprisingly subtle for listening to music.... not sure if that means the speakers are great or the sub is weak

[snow rover]

you'd really want a calibrated mic to quantify what's actually going on

[mystic solar]

Wait.. first you don’t give me a micro SD card slot, but now your also taking away my SIM card slot?.. mfs

[lost fossil]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/904101912201277452/1417490814971674634/ezgif-41165ad119d44e.gif

[quaint helm]

didnt apple remove sd card and sim feature long ago?

when people say apple is better........sigh u pay more for less features lol

[fervent granite]

Yeah with the 14 I think but only the North American version

So it really wasn’t an issue unless your carrier only used physical sims or travelled a lot

But since then a lot more people support esim, and you can have as many as you want

[lost fossil]

he's got a trade offer

[quaint helm]

pov roman* my offer : buy our deltamate , ur offer : buy your deltamate

[mystic solar]

No we have had a SIM card slot since the 16

(But we gunna remove the feature anyways, just like AUX had uncompressed audio but we removed that too)

[lost fossil]

use the moondrop freedsp cable

they're (apple) doing free advertisements

[mystic solar]

I have usbc headphones

They are lossless when connected through a wire

[muted mantle]

1.3k sharp plus 6800xt for 400

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sxgWpK

[quaint helm]

Nawk hua

[muted mantle]

$1987 from amazon / newegg + $130 for the case without shipping, taxes or customs

[lost fossil]

blow on that thang

[lost fossil]

it doesn't work quite like that, not with it not being 1987

[muted mantle]

not with it not being 1987

im still a bit sick, mind elaborating?

[lost fossil]

https://youtu.be/wXWblj-FQns?t=1085

[nova steppe]

I was about to make a "I didn't know Sandisk made Western Digital /s" joke, until i saw that WD actually had acquired them nearly a decade ago, wow

and 100 bucks more for 1 more TB is wild. i know it's a faster drive, but that's just not worth it IMO

[muted mantle]

fair

2tb sn7100 it is

its 140

30€ cheaper

[nova steppe]

i'm at the stage where I want to consolidate my storage. I want a 4TB drive so i don't have a bunch of separate ones anymore

[quaint helm]

time to add the 'what if' questions

[nova steppe]

It's not a "Don't put your eggs in one basket" scenario because it's already in the basket. I'm reducing the number of eggs, thus reducing the "breaking" points

[quaint helm]

tru tru

[nova steppe]

Copies and backups, I'll split up, obv. It's the stuff like games and recordings that are all over the place

[quaint helm]

recordings

[spare relic]

Is it bad that i am using studio drivers instead of gaming drivers.

[nova steppe]

Bad? No, not necessarily.

If you use more programs that would benefit from Studio drivers than Game Ready drivers, then just keep using them.

[civic cloud]

360 no scopes, not the stuff that you're thinking about

[quaint helm]

nah i just scared is recordings of gauss

[civic cloud]

wtf

This is bullying

[lost fossil]

wtf arctic has reverse fans now?

regular vs pro

[civic cloud]

Ajazz💀

[quaint helm]

👏 sale 📈

[quaint helm]

2.4g = ?

[wispy mesa]

keyboard with custom 2.4ghz dongle, it seems.

[lost fossil]

some boards have usb and bt (such as my first gen rk61)
some have that and 2.4

[manic ibex]

I like when i open discord in the morning and see people talking about arctic P fans

I want fans for case

Are these good

[cold elbow]

Yes

Buy value pack of 5

[civic cloud]

Yes

Buy value pack of 3

[cold elbow]

There's one with 3?

[rapid lake]

Is linux fedora easy to use?

[cold elbow]

Use mint

[wispy mesa]

Use mint

[civic cloud]

Use ubuntu

[civic cloud]

Yeah I got one

[thin turtle]

What the hell is a reverse fan

[thin turtle]

Hi gas :3

[cold elbow]

It's a naf

[thin turtle]

H

Potat

Naf

Non arctic fan

[lost fossil]

he's talking about thermalright and/or id-kuhling

[cold elbow]

Pepegauss

[void turret]

For people who have a glass panel

[jovial tide]

Lol, phas team out here partnering with one of the shittiest pre-builts out there (pre-builts are pretty shit anyways)

[thin turtle]

What does it do

Like

Is it magnetic or something

[civic cloud]

It's turned around so it looks pretty

[thin turtle]

Boo

[rapid lake]

Is it more or less intuitive

Greatest technician that’s ever lived recommended Fedora

[cold elbow]

No?

He installed mint

https://youtu.be/jvANvnIIho0?si=llXPatTv_qX_xipb

[sterile cliff]

The greatest technician thats ever lived

[rapid lake]

Yes

Different video

[lost fossil]

i got the jif from this video

[rapid lake]

https://youtube.com/shorts/DXaFkA6Hovc?si=0nLjKaH_DEIFQkUQ

Here

[lost fossil]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/904101912201277452/1417490814971674634/ezgif-41165ad119d44e.gif

[rapid lake]

Says he installed it on all his computers

[cold elbow]

Because he faced issues with their selected distro and also Because they have a linux nerd that likes it

And likes to use terminal a lot 💀

Then he recommended mint

Then i take a nap

[rapid lake]

Guess I’ll use fedora then

[cold elbow]

Ok nerd

[thin turtle]

Why not use

[quaint helm]

Snoork mimimi land

[quaint helm]

Use mac

[rapid lake]

Although I really don’t have the motivation to learn a new OS and set up the software and hardware for the NAS homemade server

[wispy mesa]

if youre doing a server do debian 13 guiless

[vagrant crown]

Linux talk takes me back to my misspent youth and Ubuntu funky version names

[wispy mesa]

debian 13 is called trixie

[rapid lake]

I could hardly call it a server

Practically it’s just gonna be a storage unit to shove all the games I want to eventually play into it, or games I’ve completed but don’t wanna delete

And some other files that I don’t want to die in case my ssd fails

And the hardware is very bad

3rd gen laptop i3, 4gb ram

[wispy mesa]

yea thats fine, just debian has a very low overhead it would give more cpu to services

[rapid lake]

What about easy of use

[wispy mesa]

if you know how to google, there is plenty of info on debian. Also once its setup there shouldnt be any need to touch it again

Do you plan on using it only as a NAS? i.e raid and SMB?

[rapid lake]

Pretty mucg

[wispy mesa]

Alright i would use openmediavault as the OS then

[rapid lake]

I don’t think I can host my mc server on it

I’m going to add more ram if I can

[wispy mesa]

hmm not a big MC server, but a vanilla for 2-3 people would be fine

Hmm how much

if you can add more than 32gb go with truenas scale, else go with openmediavault

[rapid lake]

Nah definitely not big

My main concern is the cpu

[wispy mesa]

Yea cpu and memory speed

[rapid lake]

Mc server with 5 people hardly takes up 6gb ram

[wispy mesa]

really the server will probably only struggle with chunk generation

[rapid lake]

Maybe even less

[rapid lake]

Yeah again I don’t think I’ll be using it for this purpose

I host on a reliabke VPS and for free already

[wispy mesa]

Oh then yea thats fine to keep there

[rapid lake]

But it just takes ages to download my world folder to the PC everytime for backup

With it running on a local machine I’d be able to transfer the whole thing in like 8 seconds

I have two other laptops

But I’m not sure if I can decommission them from being portable

One’s an HP elitebook 2015 (5th gen i7, 8gb of ddr3 ram I believe) and the other’s an i5 7th gen with ddr4 8gb

Those would go perfectly with some more RAM and a lot more storage capacity

I might just sell my ps4 and get a different laptop

[rapid lake]

I ordered a 48v air blower so I can properly clean my case

It might be overkill but this is a lot more useful than some $5 aliexpress blower

[lost fossil]

the aliexpress blower that i got is rated for 600w supposedly

that's a lot

[snow rover]

supposedly

does it plug in to an outlet?

[lost fossil]

yes

i have a low end ups that i stole from , i tried plugging that blower in it and it freaked out the moment i turned the blower on

[snow rover]

i believe 600 for wall powered

[lost fossil]

these upses were near near every mfp at the

xerox workcentre 5845

i believe that draws more power than what a smol ups for an office-tier computer can handle

[rapid lake]

I can’t tell how much current the battery can output from the video so idk the wattage

But it’s cordless so it’s not gonna be super powerful

[lost fossil]

it should be enough for computer cleaning, i used one at

[rapid lake]

It’s such a weird ass voltage though

[cold elbow]

A motor pulls a lot more current at the moment it starts and that's only for a fraction of a second

[rapid lake]

It must be really low amps if it’s 48v

[lost fossil]

48v is the standard for poe

[rapid lake]

Poe?

[cold elbow]

That's why motors usually bad for devices like a ups

[lost fossil]

power over ethernet

[cold elbow]

Nope

[rapid lake]

Haha

[lost fossil]

what i mean with that is that it's not a weird voltage

[cold elbow]

That's poe plus

[lost fossil]

, whatever

[rapid lake]

I doubt I’ll find a battery from a different brand that I can use on it

[lost fossil]

48v still not a weird ass voltage tho

[cold elbow]

Wait until you learn about poe plus plus

[rapid lake]

And these things usually can perform much better with good battery

[rapid lake]

There’s one with 192v

[quaint helm]

POE pro max when

[lost fossil]

4 lead batteries in series is 48v

[rapid lake]

But that one would blow the whole PC to pieces

[cold elbow]

No

[rapid lake]

It’s lithium

[cold elbow]

It's not about voltage

[lost fossil]

it's about sending a message

[rapid lake]

It’s

A different model

[cold elbow]

It's about CFM

And motor RPM

[rapid lake]

I love when people use abbreviations I’ve never heard of

What’s CFM

[cold elbow]

Cubic feet per minute

[lost fossil]

cubic (per) minute

[rapid lake]

How much aie it can move?

[cold elbow]

It's what people usually use for airflow

[rapid lake]

People do love feet

[cold elbow]

Why is my phone showing airplane

Wait

Nvm

[quaint helm]

bcus that hate cm

[cold elbow]

Fun fact you need 250 cfm for 1 Ton of AC cooling

1 ton is 12000 BTU

I can talk about this all day

[rapid lake]

So many hours wasted acquiring such useless information

[cold elbow]

Actually

I use these everyday

[lost fossil]

it's every day bro
with the codingchannel flow

[rapid lake]

Nostalgic

BDitch lasagna, pasta better

[quaint helm]

this shit is too engineering shit to understand

[snow rover]

british thermal unit

what even is a btu

[rapid lake]

Wait I’m thinking of something else

[snow rover]

the amount of heat needed to raise 1 lb of water at maximum density through one degree Fahrenheit, equivalent to 1.055 × 103 joules.

great

[rapid lake]

That’s jake pauL

[snow rover]

lb and farenheit, more garbage units

[rapid lake]

Oh

I remember something like this from thermodynamics 1

It was called different

[quaint helm]

ik like 1lb is 8L ish not sure

wait no wrong unit 💀

[snow rover]

1 lb is 454 grams

that much i know

[quaint helm]

💀 400 is ok , 450 is understanable.....454????? wtf

[snow rover]

well i did say garbage unit

[nova steppe]

It's two unrelated units. Did you expect them to convert cleanly?

[rapid lake]

It was just called C

And Cp for gas

[quaint helm]

yeh

[rapid lake]

I lost the plot though what is this even about

I think everyone lost the plot

And melon disappeared

[lost fossil]

[rapid lake]

C for thermal capacity and p for constant pressure

[cold elbow]

1 ton or 12000 BTU is also 3.6 KW

[rapid lake]

A ton as in

[reef meadow]

Bro got a physics class?

[rapid lake]

Like 1000 kilos?

[cold elbow]

Yes

1000 kilos of ice

[rapid lake]

Why are we using BTU

You know I don’t even want to know

[cold elbow]

Because

I guess the British did a lot of development on AC systems

I wish everyone just settle on KW

[reef meadow]

What the hell is even BTU

[quartz kayak]

bats to hug

batman too ugly

[lost fossil]

british terrible unit

[quartz kayak]

hug isnt u im so smart

[reef meadow]

Fucking

British Thermal Unit? Really?

[cold elbow]

Yes

[reef meadow]

cringe name

[cold elbow]

People also use horsepower to measure the capacity of an AC unit especially the compressor

[quartz kayak]

i think its ok

[quaint helm]

that one is reasonable

[reef meadow]

man just use watts or joules or whatever BTU is meant to replace

[quartz kayak]

for what

why are you using joules

wtf

[reef meadow]

idk the convo

[cold elbow]

Fuck joules

[reef meadow]

Idk what BTU is meant to represent

[quartz kayak]

why

[rapid lake]

What did joules do to you

[quartz kayak]

just use normal

things

measurements

[rapid lake]

I mean yes fuck joules because I always forget the conversions

But it’s useful sometimes

[cold elbow]

Nobody cares about joules

[quartz kayak]

btu in the other hand

[nova steppe]

I like Jules
https://youtu.be/XhVJXHs8zs4

[quartz kayak]

i feel like btu is a minecraft mod power unit

[quaint helm]

fuck kelvin too

[cold elbow]

Nah

Kelvin is calm

[rapid lake]

BTU sounds like a cryptocurrency

[cold elbow]

I love kelvin

[nova steppe]

Kelvin's chill

[reef meadow]

normal measurements are

kW

more normal than fucking BTU

[quartz kayak]

it does xD

btc

btu

[quaint helm]

bitcoin transaction unit

[rapid lake]

Yeah

[reef meadow]

happiest kelvin hater:

[rapid lake]

Just add 273

[reef meadow]

Kelvin is p good

[rapid lake]

Smh

[quartz kayak]

guys lets make a crypto coing then crash the market when we are rich

[reef meadow]

.15

[quartz kayak]

coing

[nova steppe]

coing

[rapid lake]

F off

[quaint helm]

i rahter rmb 20/30 than 293 303

[nova steppe]

Just don't remember anything

[reef meadow]

Let's just not use measurements

Just use aproximation

[rapid lake]

Remember dragons

[reef meadow]

It's like, pretty hot

[nova steppe]

Ah, it feels today

"Yes."

[reef meadow]

it is pretty

[nova steppe]

Yeah, i remember dragon deez huts 🛖 across yo beach 🏖️

surprisingly light

[rapid lake]

💀

[civic cloud]

Same sis

[cold elbow]

Btw guys

1hp is 2.75 kw

[nova steppe]

The one conversion I need

I was always going back and forth due to Beamng

[cold elbow]

And 1 hp is 0.8 Ton

[lost fossil]

1 health point

[nova steppe]

by that logic, fat people are the healthiest, because they're the closest to 1 hp

[quaint helm]

ton as in? 800kg?

[cold elbow]

Ye

[quaint helm]

now wtf is this conversion

[cold elbow]

[thin turtle]

What

@molten cypress verify

[nova steppe]

why is that...nvm

[rapid lake]

I almost expected it to reply

Like the meta bot in whatsapp

[thin turtle]

Disappointing

He doesn't have the bot badge

Or app

[uneven heron]

Hey I'm window shopping for a used gaming laptop and wanted to ask if the Alienware brand holds up? Are they good quality but older laptops or was it all just promotional branding that kept it popular?

[vagrant crown]

Dell

They have a cool alien face

[uneven heron]

Is that really helpful?

[snow rover]

no

[vagrant crown]

Tbf I didn’t reply to you, I just had my own thought

[uneven heron]

I just wanted to ask the normal internet users like myself their experience before I watch influencer YouTube videos on the subject

Non biased research

[vagrant crown]

They seem way overpriced for what they are

But used you may get a good deal

[uneven heron]

Are they still making laptops? I saw a headset by Alienware but not much

[snow rover]

yes

alienware is just dell's gaming brand

[uneven heron]

Oh so dell is the parent company of AW now?

[snow rover]

always has been

[uneven heron]

I didn't know that

[snow rover]

ok it wasn't always apparently

[thin turtle]

Do not the gaming laptop

[uneven heron]

Would it be reasonable to say that dell gaming laptops are identical/on par with Alienware laptops?

[snow rover]

but it has been for the past 20 years

[civic cloud]

the alienware stuff just has the gamer branding

and more likely to have an actual gpu

[thin turtle]

Buy acer nitro

What was that brand called

Think pad?

[snow rover]

lenovo

[uneven heron]

What do you guys recommend over Alienware?

[thin turtle]

Yea

Lenovo

Buy

Good 👍🏽

Bad thermal

But cheap

[snow rover]

i mean really i think it just boils down to whatever you can get the best deal on

[thin turtle]

Yeah

They all the same

[vagrant crown]

Get an ASUS rog

[uneven heron]

How much are they?

[vagrant crown]

Expensive

Most gaming laptops are

Never looked at used market personally though so may get a good deal

[rapid lake]

lenovo loqs are the best value gaming laptops out there

second hand even better value

[uneven heron]

Do you guys remember the video Linus tech tips made in Taiwan where he built an incredible PC and just gave it away to some kid on the street cause he couldn't ship it home or something

[snow rover]

no

[uneven heron]

We need more people doing that and they can start with me

Worth a shot

[thin turtle]

Do you have a space restriction @uneven heron?

Is your room too small or you live in a shared apartment?

Do you need mobility while using CAD or any design software?

Otherwise I'd go with a desktop PC

There's no reason to get a gaming laptop imo except these two

They have very unreasonable pricing

[uneven heron]

My room is small and shared yes but I have my own desktop I built myself last year. Do you want the specs or something

[thin turtle]

No

I'm just suggesting you shouldn't pay the extra "gaming" fee if you want a laptop. Given that you are comfortable with using a desktop

Your money should go there

[lost fossil]

hard agree with what he said

[sterile cliff]

Gaming laptop is literally just mobility

You want a quick and easy to setup gaming machine

[cold elbow]

https://tenor.com/view/laptop-laptop-user-portable-gaming-laptop-be-like-gif-27191601

[uneven heron]

Yes and what's the minimum performance standard compared to price for used stuff?

[sterile cliff]

Tbf

You can get like a cooling fan thing

For the laptop

[thin turtle]

No

What's so hard about setting up a prebuilt desktop

Wanting to game on the go is just a sign of addiction

"Lemme start my jet sounding machine in this peaceful cafe"

[civic cloud]

You're such a hater

[thin turtle]

[civic cloud]

boom

[thin turtle]

This how I ratioed you last night

[nova steppe]

If I'm not playing a basic game, I just use Steam Link to play games on my laptop

[thin turtle]

When you were asking about von mises

[nova steppe]

So if your internet's good enough, you don't need a gaming laptop

[civic cloud]

Use German name next time

[civic cloud]

But what if you're on the plane and don't want to pay 50 bucks for mediocre satcom

[thin turtle]

Von Mises is the most German name ever

But he's Austrian

I'm not sure if it's the same guy

[civic cloud]

ok and, it's not used in German literature so the dude must have been a major bitch

[thin turtle]

This one is more into philosophy as I read

[civic cloud]

...

[thin turtle]

..

[nova steppe]

I've not been on a flight long enough to warrant taking out my laptop, sooo

[civic cloud]

[uneven heron]

Many Austrian's became popular within Germany. The most obvious example would be Arnold Schwarzenegger

[charred otter]

I used my laptop on my 3 hour flight internet was spotty so i gave up

Then we got to the place and the internet/wifi was worse than my 3/mbps internet back home

The way back i just straight up didn't go on it

[rapid lake]

3mbps

that's not real is it

[charred otter]

What i was getting on steam no joke

I got better wifi now tho ofc

[cold elbow]

Which contribute to approximately nothing

[sterile cliff]

Well this is why i use cloud gaming

You get the power savings of a laptop while also playing games at high settings in full HD

[cold elbow]

Cloud gaming using cafe wifi?

Good luck

[sterile cliff]

You would be very surprised at some of the wifis my local cafes use

They starting to implement wifi 6 now lol

[cold elbow]

Keyword is "some"

And nomatter how good that wifi is... it will be bad when there are a lot of connected users

Wifi 6 isnt a life savior btw

Maybe things get lil better with 6E

Which they should've called it 7 but they didn't

Then they released wifi 7

[sterile cliff]

Honestly i havent seen wifi 7 in action

Just wifi 6

[cold elbow]

7 is still expensive and very lil devices use it

[nova steppe]

now

[quaint helm]

most of the 2025 mid-high tier starting to have 7

[cold elbow]

I mean sure new phones always have new chips

And they usually brag about it

Hey our phone has wifi 7 now!!!
Us: ok whatever dude

[quaint helm]

phone is quite useless when comes to newer wifi chipset lol

[cold elbow]

Exactly

Also

[quaint helm]

point that to iphone users newer camera o dam o dam

[quaint helm]

sneaky cat1

[cold elbow]

Ethernet: Look what they need to mimic fraction of our power

[thin turtle]

Can't wait for the nighthawk 2

[cold elbow]

Nighthawk 2 wifi7 10G

Pro max

[civic cloud]

AI

[quaint helm]

1 10g other 1g

[thin turtle]

Nighthawk tuah

[thin turtle]

What

[cold elbow]

What's the point of making second generation if it's not even 2.5

Pathetic

[quaint helm]

1 10g , 2 2.5 and 3 1g deal?

[cold elbow]

Hell no

At least 2 10Gigs

[quaint helm]

rounter with 2 10g only

best deal

[civic cloud]

Adding to the name melon started

[quaint helm]

artificial ice AI

[quaint helm]

mr fat cooler gonna install it tmr frfr

[thin turtle]

The best thing about having a low profile gpu

You can add these towers

[civic cloud]

Almost as fat as @thin turtle 's mom

[thin turtle]

They are cool

But not cooler than AIOs

[thin turtle]

Nerd

[quaint helm]

it cools 250+w easily bet it can over-cool my cpu lol

[thin turtle]

250 sounds like a stretch

Or it's too loud

[quaint helm]

wonder do you believe tom's hardware review first

[quaint helm]

sub 40 dba ish

[quaint helm]

[thin turtle]

Aren't these kinda biased

But not to coolers

[quaint helm]

[thin turtle]

Not so bad

But it does affect your credibility

[quaint helm]

lets wait for year end review from steve frfr

[rapid lake]

Bean

Do you have class today

[civic cloud]

He better fucking do, weekend starts tomorrow (for him)

[quaint helm]

he bean having class since morning jkjk

[civic cloud]

I'm still waiting for the uni homework I'm supposed to be helping him with

[quaint helm]

after checking tons of review , mf this cooler is competing against 360mm AIOs lol

[lost fossil]

[quaint helm]

i think i should change my server name to oreo cat

[thin turtle]

I meant cooler as in design

[thin turtle]

You'll wait for so long

[thin turtle]

Finished

[rapid lake]

rdo?

[thin turtle]

This jobless 😔

[rapid lake]

no u

[thin turtle]

Yes

Let's play

[rapid lake]

Ok give me 10 minutes

probably less

hopefully your gaeme don't crash

[thin turtle]

I will disable msi

[rapid lake]

my 3060 sends its prayers to your 3080

[thin turtle]

And tank the heat

[civic cloud]

wtf

[thin turtle]

Are there other software I could utilise for at least fan curve

[thin turtle]

We just started the

[civic cloud]

wtf

so mean

[quaint helm]

fancontrol and fancontrol and fancontrol

[thin turtle]

Mods make this user the associate of technology and trolling

[quaint helm]

what wtf

[lost fossil]

[quaint helm]

fancontrol is legit the only good fan curve app

[thin turtle]

[quaint helm]

unless u make a toggle switch machine to pull and push ur 4pin to ur fan header to ur mobo

[thin turtle]

Why

There's a thing that called a successful marriage of disciplines

[quaint helm]

[thin turtle]

Basically, if you try to merge two different categories of systems. The good must outweigh the bad by a big margin

Say you wanted to integrate an electrical control system on a purely mechanical device

This process must yield significant results compared to the original configuration

Or else it wouldn't be a good idea

[quaint helm]

🤓☝️

[thin turtle]

This is what I study

Why bully me

[quaint helm]

nonono no bully , i never bully

[thin turtle]

Did you kanoe that

The

[lost fossil]

lumbago: i pour my heart and soul into this topic for one freaking second and @quaint helm shovels shit in my face

[thin turtle]

Everyone seems to do that to me

Maybe I'm the problem

[lost fossil]

no

[thin turtle]

[quaint helm]

i will try to understand

[thin turtle]

I'll give you an example

[quaint helm]

we chill , lumbago is chill

[thin turtle]

The car brakes

[quaint helm]

okok

[thin turtle]

Before, it was only a mechanical system with a hydrolic pump

You press the brakes the car slows down

[quaint helm]

yeah im following

[thin turtle]

But if you press the brakes too hard the tyres lock and the car skids

Not good

The solution was ABS

[quaint helm]

[thin turtle]

Anti-lock Braking System

[quaint helm]

ah ik to smoothen the braking force right

[thin turtle]

Now ABS has a silly little computer that tells the brakes how to behave

If it detects that a tyre is about to lock, it tells the brakes to disengage momentarily

And then reengage

This happens many times per second

Like 50 idk

[quaint helm]

gotcha ik what u mean now

[civic cloud]

Yes, now provide cat pics

[thin turtle]

This why you feel the vibration in the pedal

[thin turtle]

Go to #pets

Loser

[rapid lake]

old ABS wasn't eletrical btw

it was all mechanical

[civic cloud]

No, it reduces the braking force before the tires lock completely because sliding has a smaller friction than rolling

[civic cloud]

No

[thin turtle]

And no steering

[civic cloud]

Yes

[thin turtle]

How did it sense the

Rotation

[rapid lake]

I don't remember

watch yt

[thin turtle]

[quaint helm]

das auto

[rapid lake]

it just used the brake fluid

[thin turtle]

So no abs

[rapid lake]

what?

[thin turtle]

Help he's whatting me @civic cloud

[rapid lake]

The ABS only relied on how the fluid behaved

[thin turtle]

[rapid lake]

and not on calculations and computers

[thin turtle]

Oh

[quaint helm]

then its SABS semi-anti-locking-break-system

[thin turtle]

So it was engaged the whole time

[civic cloud]

what

[rapid lake]

bro

no

[thin turtle]

[rapid lake]

let me find the video

[thin turtle]

Find

[civic cloud]

The electrical engineer cannot comprehend systems without electrical components

[rapid lake]

so real

[thin turtle]

It's impossible

[lost fossil]

SALBS

[thin turtle]

SAAB?

[civic cloud]

ABS = Antiblockiersystem

[thin turtle]

That's just A

Quick ingage the A

Eng

[civic cloud]

blind

[thin turtle]

Agr

E

[quaint helm]

im studying IT and why the hell do i have to understand this shit

[civic cloud]

He's spamming, ban him

[quaint helm]

bean him

[thin turtle]

For customers

[civic cloud]

Why the fuck are they not using the triangle? What AI slop bs is that

[quaint helm]

idk made by my lecturer lol

[thin turtle]

The mod is back

He will explain

[rapid lake]

basically old abs used a sensor to detect when the wheel locks up (doesn't spint anymore) and releases brake fluid

it wasn't smart

it just kept locking up then releasing brake

[thin turtle]

That's what the computer do

But faster

More effective

Computer > mechanical slop

[rapid lake]

The computer can prevent it from locking up altogether

it's faster

[thin turtle]

Thanks 😊

[rapid lake]

anyways

rdo

[thin turtle]

!lfg

[rapid lake]

gauss hop on rdo

[civic cloud]

Do you even know what a CAN bus is

vs a cannot bus

[thin turtle]

I cannot bus

[civic cloud]

I'm at work

got a meeting in 2hrs

[thin turtle]

This is a trap to break rule something

[rapid lake]

Make mini itx pc and put it at work

gamimg in the office

[civic cloud]

I work from home :D

[quaint helm]

game

[rapid lake]

[thin turtle]

?

[quaint helm]

u have 1.58hrs to game

[thin turtle]

More like 1.99

[quaint helm]

lumbeango

[thin turtle]

What rare rocks does the moon have

Go prep a 2 page essay

[quaint helm]

a moon-rock

[thin turtle]

Go

I wanna see a .txt file when I come back

[quaint helm]

:c

[thin turtle]

:3

I enjoyed this essay

[quaint helm]

now u bullying me

[thin turtle]

[quaint helm]

[civic cloud]

good

[quaint helm]

go shower

[thin turtle]

@civic cloud

[civic cloud]

Did this morning

[quaint helm]

bet its afternoon now

[quartz kayak]

Is 500gb of data monthly overkill

[snow rover]

no?

that's like 2 games

[cold elbow]

Data for what

[quaint helm]

data worth of games or data worth of internet?

[quaint helm]

rare melon spawned!!!! gonna catch with pokeball

[sterile cliff]

Where tf u finding 2 games for 500 gigs?

[snow rover]

triple a slop

[sterile cliff]

Fair

[sterile cliff]

Also 500gb of monthly data is decent

Although depends on your usage

But generally even gaming online doesnt waste that much

[quaint helm]

gaming at most = sub 10gb lol i believe most of it is from browser app

[quartz kayak]

I had it since genshin days

I pay like

15 monthly for it

But now i barely use it

[rapid lake]

If you have unlimited at night 500gb is enough

[quartz kayak]

This is just my phone data. Not unlimited

[lost fossil]

for phone data that's way too much wtf

[civic cloud]

Even using 100GB with your phone is hard when you got WiFi at home

[quaint helm]

50 is kinda impossible already lol

Wait nvm maybe 70 is impossible

[snow rover]

is it

[latent bloom]

nah

[lost fossil]

stop scrolling and swiping

[quaint helm]

Lemme guess instagram first

[snow rover]

nope

don't have that installed

[quaint helm]

Tiktok?

[snow rover]

don't have that either

[quaint helm]

Tf

Is the app sussy

[snow rover]

no

[quaint helm]

Youtube left ig

[snow rover]

revanced, discord, firefox, google maps

basically nothing else

[latent bloom]

whats revanced

[snow rover]

youtube

[latent bloom]

oh

[civic cloud]

Why do you watch so much YouTube on your phone

[snow rover]

bed

🛌

[quaint helm]

erm

late night mukbang videos?

[snow rover]

that's like eating stuff?

ion watch that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwBPb-WjwWc

this is what i watch in bed

[quaint helm]

yeah

[quaint helm]

[snow rover]

you use your phone like 12 hours a day though

my average is about 1 hour

[exotic patrol]

true but not anymore

[civic cloud]

Y'all gotta touch some grass wtf

[quaint helm]

mf how many cat video u watching

[latent bloom]

bruh

[snow rover]

what bruh

[latent bloom]

what the

[quaint helm]

im good

[latent bloom]

i dont know how your attention span can make you watch that for 45 minutes

i would fall asleep

[snow rover]

well maybe it's because i don't use tiktok or watch shorts

[latent bloom]

me neither

[snow rover]

basically every video i ever watch is over 30 minutes

[exotic patrol]

current time

[quaint helm]

45 consider less i used to watch like few hours of food tour or vlog b4 sleep (during covid time)

[latent bloom]

guys im not talking about long video's in general, just that the subject would bore me out thats all lmfao

im not some brain rot 12yo kid who can't watch stuff thats longer than 7 seconds

[vagrant crown]

My wife watches painting restoration videos that shit is boring

[latent bloom]

damn

[vagrant crown]

Although quite cool what is achievable at the same time

[sharp coyote]

I have used 80gb

Most is for hotspot to pc

[quaint helm]

i think painting restoration > carpet washing

[snow rover]

i admit i have watched both painting restoration and carpet washing videos

[quaint helm]

and the british guy that wash swimming pool is fun to watch too

wait a min did youtube crop the video resolution for theater mode or am i high

[rapid lake]

This thing is bigger than I thought

And it’s really powerful

[quaint helm]

no mesh for front intakes? am i seeing it correctly lol

[rapid lake]

glass

[civic cloud]

That's what she said

Is that a tiny leaf blower

also wtf throw away that tissue at the controller

[rapid lake]

Yeah

Not bad for $20

Only downside is it's very loud

[civic cloud]

use hearing protection while using it

hearing damage is permanent

[rapid lake]

not that loud

[civic cloud]

oki

[snow rover]

makitan't

[lost fossil]

maki'ta

[quaint helm]

mark

[cold elbow]

ha heh

[quaint helm]

wadafak

whats nvapi and adlx

[quartz kayak]

but like

only 15

a month

[nova steppe]

nvidia api and amd SDK

[stone apex]

That's what she said.

[nova steppe]

The opposite of what she said*

_ _

[civic cloud]

😭

[thin turtle]

what is that for

[civic cloud]

Blowytron 3000

[uneven heron]

How's my set-up looking guys?

[rapid lake]

Are you watching yt videos in 4k on phone

[snow rover]

no

i don't have a 4k phone

[rapid lake]

I know

You can still set the quality to 4k

[nova steppe]

Yeah, I don't want to fit my legs under my desk nor move my mouse forward or back either

[rapid lake]

Disgusting?

Why’s that keyboard so dusty

[uneven heron]

Hey I work with the space I got

[nova steppe]

not well

[rapid lake]

And uh… stained with whatever that is

[vagrant crown]

That’s not dust 👀

[rapid lake]

I don’t want to know

[sterile cliff]

Clean your fuckin crusty dorito ahh keyboard

[uneven heron]

It's just some build-up

[nova steppe]

surely you can move the dumbbell and set your pc to the right of the desk

[civic cloud]

Ergonomic nightmare and you got that mouse pad that everyone has (my mom has it too)

[uneven heron]

It's by an open window and there's a fan blowing the opposite direction

[nova steppe]

meaning it can still be cleaned

you can get just a wrist pad for your mouse and ditch the second mousepad

[sterile cliff]

It looks like a very long build up

[uneven heron]

Potentially but then I can't open the cupboard under the sink

I tried using keyboard putty but it sucks

[nova steppe]

that's pretty much just for dust

[uneven heron]

I've since cleaned out the dust it's just the keycaps now

[snow rover]

you can remove the keycaps and wash them

boom

[nova steppe]

🤯

[sterile cliff]

Genius

[uneven heron]

I haven't removed a cap yet I'm actually worried they'll snap or something

[sterile cliff]

Get this man to nasa

[uneven heron]

Do they just pop off?

[nova steppe]

just pull straight up

[civic cloud]

Can't do straight, sorry

[nova steppe]

you could do straight but they wouldn't be straight anymore

😉

[snow rover]

g915 keycaps are remarkably shit but they should be fine to take off

[uneven heron]

I was gonna go over them with a toothbrush or something